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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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